Website design for small businesses
Small business website design you see before you decide
We design your homepage first, so you see the new site before anything else happens. Then we build a site that works on a phone and gets found.
Free. Results in a couple of minutes. No call needed.
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What your next client sees
AI answer
For a haircut and color in Austin, salons people often book:
Business ABusiness BBusiness C
Map results
- Business A
- Business B
business-a.com › salons and spas
business-b.com › salons and spas
HOW CLIENTS FIND YOU NOW
One search, three places to win.
Your website is where a local customer checks you before they call. They find you on the map, in the results or in an AI answer, tap through on a phone, and decide in seconds whether you look open, real and easy to reach.
hair salon near me that takes walk ins
The map, then your website
Your Google Business Profile gets the first look, and the website button is how people check you further. If the site disagrees with your profile on hours or services, or loads slowly, they go back and tap the next business.
What we do: We build the site to match and support your profile, with a page for each service and area you list.
Search results on a phone
On a small screen, people want three things fast: what you do, where you do it and how to reach you. A site that hides the phone number or opens with a slow slideshow loses the job to one that does not.
What we do: We design for the phone first, keep pages light and put the call button where a thumb finds it.
AI answers
AI assistants read your site to decide what you offer and where. A site built from images and slogans gives them little to go on; plain service pages with your area, hours and prices give them a clear answer.
What we do: We write clear service pages and add the structured data AI tools and search engines read.
Then they call the business that showed up clearest.
WHAT WE DO
Designed to be found, built to get the call.
One team designs, builds and sets up the site for search, so nothing gets lost between a designer, a developer and an SEO person. You see and approve the design before it goes live.
Design and build
A site that looks like your business, not a template.
- Homepage designed first, for you to see and approve
- Phone-first layouts with your real photos, not stock
- Service, area, about and contact pages written with you
- Fast pages built with accessibility guidelines in mind
- Old pages redirected, so you keep what Google already knows
Client result
105 to 438
monthly clicks from Google after SEO work
Shepperd Construction, Multifamily reconstruction. Measured Feb to Aug 2026.
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HOW THE BUILD WORKS
What happens, and when.
A small business site moves through four stages: discovery, design approval, build and launch. How long each takes depends on the number of pages and how quickly wording and feedback come back, and we give you a typical timeline for your site on the first call.
- 1Step 1
Discovery and your homepage
A short call about your customers, services and area. Then we design your homepage, so you see the new look before anything else is built.
- 2Step 2
Approve, then build
You approve the design or ask for changes. We build the inner pages with your photos and wording, and you sign off each one.
- 3Step 3
Test and launch
We test on phones, set up call and form tracking, redirect old pages, link your Google Business Profile and launch when you say go.
New pages usually take a few weeks to be crawled and settle in Google after launch. If you want ongoing SEO once the site is live, that is a separate choice we can talk through.
BY BUSINESS TYPE
Planned for how you work.
A dental office, a plumber and a cafe need different things from the same screen. We design around what your customers check before they pick up the phone.
- Dental practicesInsurance accepted, new-patient forms and online booking within one tap of the top.Read the guide
- Plumbing and HVACA call button that stays on screen, emergency hours and a clear map of the areas you cover.Read the guide
- Salons, spas and barbersA gallery of real work, a price list people can read and booking that opens in one tap.
- Accountants and bookkeepersWho you work with, what you handle and how to start, written in plain words.
- Restaurants and cafesA menu that loads as text, hours that stay current and reservations or ordering up front.
- Auto repair shopsServices, warranty details, photos of the shop and a quick way to book a slot.
- Independent retailHours, location, what is in store and, if you want it, a small online shop.
- Pet servicesGrooming, boarding or training with prices, vaccine rules and booking in one place.
Built to the rules a business website has to meet
Your site should work for everyone. US courts have applied the Americans with Disabilities Act to business websites in a number of cases, so we design and build with the WCAG accessibility guidelines in mind: readable contrast, keyboard use, image descriptions and labeled form fields. Forms that lead to marketing texts need clear consent wording under the TCPA, a privacy policy should say what you collect, and licensed trades may need to show a license number where their state asks for it. Every claim on the site is written to be true and provable, and you approve every page before it goes live.
What a site costs depends on how many pages it needs, whether you want booking or online payments, and how much writing and photography we take on for you. Our website plans are on the pricing page, and we tell you on the first call which one fits.
QUESTIONS
Small business website design, answered.
01Do I see the design before it goes live?
Yes. We design your homepage first and show it to you before the rest of the site is built. You can ask for changes before anything else is built. Every page after that is shown to you for approval before launch.
02How long does a small business website take?
It depends mostly on how many pages you need and how quickly wording, photos and feedback come back. A simple site for one location moves faster than one with many services, towns or online booking. We give you a typical timeline for your site on the first call.
03Will my new website show up on Google?
It is built to: each service and town gets its own page, the technical setup is done from the start and your facts match your Google Business Profile. No one can promise a ranking, and new pages take time to settle. If you replace an old site, we redirect its pages so you do not lose what Google already knows about you.
04I already have a website. Can you redesign it instead of starting over?
Yes. We look at what your current site already does well, such as pages that bring visits or wording customers respond to, and keep it. The rest is redesigned and rebuilt, and every old address is redirected to its new page.
05What do you need from me?
A short call about your customers and services, your logo if you have one, photos of your work, team or premises, your hours and service area, and access to your current site and Google Business Profile. If writing is not your thing, we draft the wording and you correct it.
06Can customers book, get a quote or pay online?
If you want them to. We can add a booking link, a quote form with the questions you need answered, a click-to-call bar, or a small shop for products. We keep forms short, because most of your visitors will be on a phone.
07What does small business website design cost?
It depends on the number of pages, features like booking or payments, and how much content we create for you. Our website plans are on the pricing page, and we tell you on the first call which one fits.
08We are in Canada, the UK or Australia. Does this work for us?
Yes. The design work is the same; the words change. In the UK and Australia people often search for a web designer near them or a site for their trade, and Australians call tradespeople tradies. We write in your spelling and check the local rules with you.
See your new site first. Then say yes or no.
Start with a free check of your current website: how it reads to AI assistants, what holds it back and what to fix first. If you want a new one, we design your homepage so you can see it before you decide.
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